US Patent Issued to Coloplast on July 21 for "Rear tip extender having multiple locks for coupling with a penile prosthesis" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,640, issued on July 21, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Rear tip extender having multiple locks for coupling with a penile prosthesis" was invented by John J. Allen (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Linda Cornelius (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable penile prosthesis system has a penile implant with a proximal portion provided with an annular groove and a neck groove, and a rear tip extender forming a cavity sized to receive the proximal portion of the penile implant. The cavity of the rear tip extender is provided with a plurality of locks. The locks include a distal lock formed as an annular ...